This is not your average Mediterranean holiday destination. The stunning
island coastlines, where development has been controlled, where donkeys roam
wild and rare turtles hatch on golden beaches from which people are barred
overnight, seem far from the packed costas elsewhere in Europe.

It is part of the European Union, yet EU laws do not apply, the currency is
the Turkish lira, some areas have been connected to the electricity grid
only recently, and you can drive down country roads without meeting anybody.
Driving is still on the left, British-style, but you are banned from flying
there direct from the